On Thursday, October 31st, members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) shut down shops owned by Nigerians in five markets in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital.
GUTA says foreign retailers flout section 27 of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act 865, which forbids their involvement in the sale of goods or provision of services in a market, petty trading or hawking or selling of goods in a stall at any place must be reserved for Ghanaians.
The law also bans foreigners from operating taxis, beauty salons, selling medicine, production and sale of sachet water, among others. The markets where Nigerian traders were shut out were in Kejetia, Suame Magazine, Adum and Asafo.
GUTA Public Relations Officer, Albert Mensah Offei, told Joy FM that the action will soon be extended to other parts of the country. However, according to Ghanaweb.com, the action of the association is being interpreted as a retaliation for the closure of the Nigerian land border, which has affected traders in the West African region.
GUTA recently noted that the closure of Nigeria’s trade borders to Benin and other neighbouring countries is an outright breach of ECOWAS treaties. The President of the Association, Joseph Obeng who spoke to Accra-based Joy FM noted that the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the ECOWAS parliament have failed to check Nigeria. He argued that this is enough evidence that all treaties and protocols under ECOWAS being ineffective.
“Nigeria has blatantly flouted ECOWAS protocol if there is even something like that. Surprisingly, the foreign affairs ministry has failed to deal with this issue, nobody is talking to this issue and for two months Ghanaian goods have been locked up in Nigeria. This act by the Nigerian government nullifies the entire ECOWAS Treaty on the free movement of people and goods,” he said.
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10 comments:
Buhari done turn Nigeria to mocking stock to other african countries.
Please let there be peace in West Africa.
Someone needs to deal with the Ghanaians
Why is everybody fighting Nigeria???? Envy may be ☹️
Nawa
Pls my brothers, come back to ur father landooo, the jealous is too much
See ordinary Ghana misbehaving... Nah our leaders I blame.. Giant of Africa turn to a laughing stock.
Nigerians don suffer, if not bad government what will Nigerians doing on Ghana..but Ghanaians are doing petty businesses in Nigeria here,why the wickedness?
Nawa ooo
Ghana Xenophobia loading small small! They won't talk now o. But which foolish person will go and be selling pure water for Ghana? You no pay transport fare from your village to Ghana?!
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